Middle Tennessee Electric’s Operation Round helps purchase computers for Prospect, Inc.

Middle Tennessee Electric’s Customers Care has donated $9,600 of its Operation Round Up funds to Prospect, Inc.

“We’re so thankful for this donation,” Prospect, Inc., Director of Administration Catherine Hanson said. “This will help us purchase computers for our work center, our supported living houses and will help improve our communications and documentation.”

Prospect, Inc., is a nonprofit organization set up to provide disabled people in the community opportunities to increase their independence. The program offers adult day services, residential services, vocational services, child development, family services and transportation to disabled individuals needing the assistance.

Operation Round Up began in November 2003 and has distributed more than $2.8 million into MTEMC’s communities.

The initiative “rounds up” members’ bills to the next highest dollar, with that extra change set aside for worthy causes. It is the responsibility of the Customers Care Board, which is composed of seven MTEMC members, to evaluate grant requests and send the money back into the communities Middle Tennessee Electric serves.

Incoming contributions are tracked by county so that the Customers Care Board can do its best to ensure money contributed by members in a certain county goes to that county. Any balances will be carried over each month.

MTE Customers Care funds may not be used for political or expressly religious purposes, schools or school-related organizations.

For more information about Customers Care and Operation Round Up, log on to www.mtemc.com or call 890-9762.

Posted on November 10, 2008.

 

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